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Garnet and other Black clergy emphasized the assistance and support provided by Irish neighbors and organizations, placing more blame on anti-war Democratic politicians and pro-Confederate newspapers for deliberately inciting violence.

According to accounts from Black clergy, warnings of increasing tension, insults, and threats from white neighbors had been ignored by authorities for over a year leading up to the riots.

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